Curling-iron heater



(No Model.)

H. A. PALMER.

I GURLING IRON HEATER, No. 596,087. Patented Dec, 28,1897.

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CURLING-IRQN HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,087, dated December 28, 1897. Application filed February 25, 1897. Serial No. 624,915. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. PALMER, of Winthrop, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curling-Iron Heaters, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification. f

The object of my invention is to produce a curling-iron heater which protects the curling-iron from the direct flame, thereby keeping it clean and free from soot and enabling it to be heated evenly, and which also is readily attached or removed and is adjustable to gas-burners of different sizes and which when not in use may be turned back out of the way of the flame without detaching if it is not desired to remove it.

The invention consists of the novel features, which will be more particularly described in the specification, and pointed outin the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device attached to a gas-burner with a curling-iron inserted. Fig. 2 is a plan, in horizontal section, through the tubular holder, the tube being switched off to one side and the curling-iron. removed. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, the arm being switched off at the lower end. Fig. 4t is a vertical section through the holder detached from the gasburner.

The curling-iron holder consists of a tube 1, which is preferably open at both ends. On the under side of the tube, at one end, is a flange 2, which is pivoted at let to the flange 3 on the upper end of the arm 4. The flange 3 extends under the tube 1 and forms a rest for its support. .Near the inner end of the flange 3 is struck up a little knob 5, which engages with a shallow socket or a hole 6 in the bottom of the tube l to hold it steady when in use. The flanges, both being of metal, have a slight spring, so that when it is desired to swing the holder around on the pivot a slight pressure Will release the knob 5 from engagement with the socket 6. The pivot 14c may bind the parts together so snugly that the pressure of the knob alone will be sufficient to hold them in their adjusted positions without the socket 6. The arm 4 is curved out, so as to keep clear from the flame when in use, its lower end having a straight portion 7, which is pivoted at 17 to a bracket 8. The bracket 8 isprovided with spring-clamps 9 9, by which it is clamped to a gas-burner 10. These spring-clamps can be spread open or pinched closer to adapt them to varying sizes of burners. The straight portion 7 of the arm has a knob 11, which engages with a socket 12 in the bracket, so as to keep it steady when in its upright position; but the arm can be sprung out, so as to disengage the knob and turn the arm on its pivot. The friction will be sufficient to retain the arm in any adjusted position. If desired, there may be a second socket 13 in the lower part of the bracket, so that the bracket may be turned end for end, or the sockets may be dispensed with, as previously explained with reference to the socket 6 of the holding-tube.

By turning the holder on its pivot, as shown in Fig. 3, it can be laid back against the shade out of the way, so as not to interfere with the light when not in use, or it may be turned on the upperpivot in a still different position, as in Fig. 2, or it may be detached.

By the use of this device the curling-iron cannot corrode by contact with the flame and is kept clean and free from soot. The holder can be large enough to accommodate curling-irons'of different sizes and will give an even heat. The arm 4 should be of such form as to center the holder over the flame. It is preferable to have the hole 15 in the outer end of the tube of smaller diameter than the inner or entrance end, so that the user shall be sure to always insert the iron 16 at the proper entrance end. It is desirable, however, not to entirely close the outer end, because the holder Will heat better and more evenly to have a draft through both ends. By making the spring-clamps 9 thin enough to bend they may be made adjustable to fit any size gas-burner, and the whole device is so easily attached and detached and so easily fitted to different shapes and sizes that it is especially adapted for use by one traveling, who has to use all sorts of gasburners. It is simple in construction and cannot easily get out of order.

ViThat I claim as my invention is 1. A curling-iron heater consisting of a tubular holder with a flange extension at one end, a holding-arm with a flange to which said flange extension of the tube is pivoted, a projection on the face of the flange of said arm which engages with the tubular holder when adjusted over the gas-jet, and a clamp which secures the holding'arm to a gas-burner, the tubular holder being capable of switching out of range of the gas, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a curling-iron holder, a supporting-arm for said holder,and a bracket with means for securing the bracket to a gasburner, the supporting-arm being pivoted to said bracket so as to be rotatable on a horizontal axis, said holder being pivoted to said I 5 arm at its upper end so as to be rotatable on a vertical axis at right angles with the axis of rotation of the said supporting-arm, sub stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 20 name to this specificatiomin the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, 011 this 20th day of February, A. D. 1897.

HERBERT A. PALMER.

W'itnesses:

WILLIAM A. COPELAND, EDITH J. ANDERSON. 

